Hood construction for railway cars



Jan. 24, 1928,

1,657,268 a. H. MINNICZK ET AL HOOD CONSTRUCTION FOR RAILWAY CARS Filed April 8. 1926 Patented Jan. 24, 1928.

UNITED STATES G-EGRGE I-I. MINNICK, OF CAMDEN, NEW

JERSEY, AND I-IOYVARD W. GOODALL, OF

ALDAN, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOOD CONSTRUCTION FOR RAILWAY CARS.

Application filed April 8,

The present invention is particularly applicable to cars of the variety that are used upon elevated and subway structures.

Ubjects of the present invention are to provide protection from rain for the attendants who are required to pass from one car to the other by way of narrow platforms which are usually provided for that purpose. Another object of the invention is to provide a hood Construction forming a part of each vcar so that the cars may be coupled and uncoupled without regard to the hood construction. Another object of the invention is to provide a hood construction adapted to accommodate itself to the movement of the cars along straight and around curved tracks. Another object of the invention is to provide a hood construe? tion which can be readily applied to existing cars and which is comparatively simple, inexpensive and durable.

The invention will be claimed at the end hereof but will be first described in connec tion with the embodiment of it chosen for illustration in the accompanying drawing forming part hereof and in which Figure 1 is a side view of the end of a car showing in section and in dotted lines a hood construction of the invention.

l ig. 2 is a top or plan view of the hood construction shown in Fig. 1, with a portion of the car roof in section and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing 1 is a spring supported buffer bar arranged at the end of and spaced from the car roof 2. 3 generally is a hood supporting frame pivotally and slidably counectedwith the buffer bar and slidably connected with the car end and arranged for projection and retraction and turning movement. a is a hood section carried by the car end and the buffer and frame. As shown 5 are spring supports connected with the buffer 1 at spaced points and adapted for projection and retraction in respect to the end of the car roof. The supports 5 are connected with the buffer by means of pivot members 14 having their spherical ends 6 arranged in an undercut groove 7 1926. Serial No. 100,491.

provided in the buffer and containing spacing springs 8. 9 are pedestals in which the ends of the supports 5 that project into the interior of the car are slidably mounted, and 10 are centering springs for the supports 5. 11 is a bracket centrally pivoted to the buffer bar 1 and adapted for projection and retraction in respect to the end of the car roof. 12 are spreaders or bows pivoted to the bracket 1.1, and they support the plaited hood 4.

The coupling of two cars fitted with the described hood construction automatically brings the buffer bars into compression by the action of the springs 10 and as the cars travel any change of distance between them is accommodated by the sliding movement of the supports 5 in the pedestals 9 and by the pin and slot connection 13 by which the bracket is connected with the car. Relative movement of the ends of the cars in traversing curves is accommodated by the described pivotal connections 14: and by the action of the centering springs 8 so that the buffers while allowed the necessary sliding movement are returned to alignment.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details of construction and arrangement and in matters of mere form without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited to such matters or otherwise than the prior art and the appended claim may require.

We claim:

A hood construction for cars including a buffer bar arranged beyond the end of the car, spring supports connected with the buffer bar at spaced points and adapted for projection and retraction in respect to the end of the car roof a bracket centrally pivoted to the buffer bar and adapted for projection and retraction in respect to the end of the car roof, spreaders carried by the bracket, and a roof section carried by the bar and spreaders and adapted for attachment to the end of the car roof.

GEORGE H. MINNICK. HOWARD W. GOODALL. 

